2024 Thomas Batardiere Anjou l'Esprit Libre, Loire, France The Set A blend of column and

A blend of column and pot-still whiskies

bottled with residual sugar

Dosage is at 6 g/L

including Niedermenniger Herrenberg—listed as “Zuckerberg” on Franz Josef Clotten’s 1868 Saar und Mosel Weinbau-Karte—and the once highly rated Euchariusberg

and a saline

2024 Thomas Batardiere Anjou l'Esprit Libre, Loire, France The Set A blend of column andCertified Biodynamic. 100% Chenin Blanc. This wine is made of three parcels, situated in Rablay, with vines 15 90 years old. From plateaus of red sand and quartz gravel on schist. The juice is blended in steel tanks before the fermentation starts. The alcoholic and malolactic fermentations start naturally, without inoculation and without temperature control (his cave is underground and its 14 degrees C). The wine rests on its lees from pressing until